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U.S. Home Internet Access up to 75%
waytoomuchcoffee writes "Over 200 million U.S. residents now have access to the internet at home, or 3/4 of the U.S. population. This is quite a jump, as only 51% of U.S. homes had access to the internet in August of 2000. Interestingly, among age/gender groups, internet access is highest among females 35-54."
In December 2003 only 126 million Americans were online. Also, interesting to note that 66 mln use the Internet on a daily basis.
About 30 million Americans are accessing the Internet from some place other than home or work. School, neighbor's house or friend's house, and libraries.
#2) The data was collected using random-digit dialing. Obviously, the people who don't have phones are more likely to not have internet access too. I wouldn't discount this factor.
Good point, but it's already accounted for in the survey. If you look at the definition of the base "population" (i.e., the denominator in the ratio), Nielsen defines it as "Total persons in the U.S. aged 2 and above, living in households equipped with a landline phone." So they are saying, in effect, that three-quarters of telephone-equipped households have online access.
Also remember that the national Do Not Call registry has an exception for telephone surveys, so Nielsen can still call just about anybody to conduct these surveys. The more interesting question is whether the very small subset of people who actually agree to participate are typical of the population as a whole.
http://www.theESA.com/pressroom.html
FYI: 39% of gamers are women, but they buy most games.
The electronics stat was posted on Slashdot a few days ago...I'd look for it, but I'm busy working...
Can I bum a sig?